Calculate MD5 Hash of File (or SHA-1, and other hash algorithms)

Demonstrates how to calculate a hash for a file's contents.

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require 'chilkat'

crypt = Chilkat::CkCrypt2.new()

success = crypt.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print crypt.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Set the name of the hash algorithm.
#  Other choices include "sha1", "sha384", "sha512", "md2", "md5", and "haval".
crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("md5")

#  EncodingMode specifies the encoding of the hash output.
#  It may be "hex", "url", "base64", or "quoted-printable".
crypt.put_EncodingMode("hex")

#  Files of any type may be hashed -- it doesn't matter
#  if the file is binary or text...

hashStr = crypt.hashFileENC("/temp/something.dat")
if (hashStr == nil )
    print crypt.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print hashStr + "\n";